Monday, February 28, 2011

48-YEAR-OLD man never met his online girlfriend, but he didn't mind sending her cash - $US200,000 over about two years.

The Naperville, Illinois, man told police he started the online courtship about two-and-a-half years ago. His name hasn't been released.Since the relationship began, he'd wired about $200,000 to her at bank accounts in Nigeria, Malaysia, England and the United States.The Naperville Sun reports the man had an ID from the woman that was a sample driver's license from Florida.

The jig was up this week when the man contacted police to ask for their help in rescuing the woman, who he said had been kidnapped in London.

How- Voodoo sex Ritual causes fatal fire

FIRE marshals say candles around a bed in a voodoo ceremony in New York City that included sex ignited linens and clothes, causing a fatal apartment fire. The blaze began around 6.40pm local time Sunday (10.40am Monday AEDT) when a woman visited a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn and paid a man $US300 ($298) to perform a ceremony to bring her good luck.

A city official says the man was known in the neighbourhood as a priest and the two were having sex when the fire started. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

Supatra had been teased her entire life because of a rare genetic condition causing thick hair to grow all over her face.

Two years ago she was tormented by other children

calling her 'monkey face' and 'wolf girl'.It often left her in tears because of strangers stopping in the street to point at her. But since then ten-year old Supatra - nicknamed Nat - has been named the 'hairiest girl in the world' and amazingly, her new-found fame has helped her become one of the most popular girls in her school.

Safe place-Missing Diamond Ring Was Found inside Puppy

Ms Woolley, the owner of a bread and breakfast, suspected that her three-month old cocker spaniel-cross pooch had apparently snaffled the family heirloom off a table and scanned him to get a bleeping confirmation.Barney was rushed to a vet and had an operation to remove the 100-year-old diamond encrusted ring, which was big enough to have killed him.‘He was so tiny the ring could kill him as it passed through him,’ said Ms Woolley, of Thrumpton, near Nottingham.Barney is now recovering at his home.

Surprise-Robber sues police after being arrested with his underpants on show

The 38-year-old was arrested after he threatened to kill five staff at Noris Bank in Aachen, West Germany, if they did not dispense £200,000 to him immediately. He was caught out when a cashier pushed the silent alarm button in the bank without him realising, and police soon surrounded the building. Police managed to convince him that if he handed himself in, he would be treated nicely.

Strange-Man Use Remote control to assault a family member

Newfoundland man is facing charges after allegedly using a remote control to assault a family member.Police officers were called to a house in St. John's on Saturday to respond to an alleged attack, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said.A 35-year-old man allegedly used a television remote as a weapon and threatened his family, police said.Police escorted a woman and her children from the house before arresting the man.The man will appear in count Monday to face charges of assault and uttering threats.

Friday, February 25, 2011

A 7-year-old Serbian boy named Bogdan is making international news for an apparently paranormal (though not terribly useful) ability. According to several sources including MSNBC and The Daily Mail, Bogdan is magnetic. Household objects such as spoons, knives and forks cling to his skin with almost supernatural ease. The idea that a person could generate a strong magnetic field is bizarre, but what’s even stranger is that other things stick to him too, such as small plates, small flat glass objects and even a remote control.Bogdan is only the latest in a long line of people who have claimed this ability. Yet there is no evidence that Bogdan, or anyone else, is “magnetic.”A family in Serbia says a

member of the household is magnetic and everything from silverware to remote controls seems to stick to him. Msnbc.com's Al Stirrett reports.

The two "Horndog High" teachers who were sacked after an alleged lesbian sex romp in a Brooklyn classroom are slapping the city with a $2 million lawsuit for trashing their good names.The Department of Education last month fired Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro, following a state arbitrator's report that said they engaged in a topless tryst at James Madison High School after ducking out of a student song-and-dance show.A two-page summons with notice, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, says the two romance language teachers are victims of "wrongful termination, libel and slander.""They've had to deal with these false allegations of engaging in lesbian sex," said Michael Valentine, a lawyer for the classroom cuties. "It's been painful.

"Aside from losing their jobs, their reputations have been ruined."Brito and Mauro, who have previously filed suit in an attempt to overturn their firings, got yanked from their teaching jobs in November 2009 after a janitor reported barging in on their steamy session in Room 337.But the formerly tenured teachers contend the janitor simply let his imagination get very overheated.

Strong-Elephant Flips car – caught on camera

An amazing sequence of photographs captured a bull elephant flipping over a car like a toy in the Pilansberg Game Reserve in South Africa. The elephant v car bout began when Irishman John Somers, on holiday celebrating his 66th birthday and driving through the park with a friend, decided to try and overtake a huge and horny bull elephant.The elephant, called Amarula, at first rubbed itself up against the car, perhaps mistaking it for a female mate.But then the beast, pumped full of hormones, became aggressive and flipped the car on its roof as the terrified occupants clung on for dear life inside.

Wow-Fox found 288 metres up at the top of London's Shard building

An inquisitive fox was discovered living the high life at the top of the UK's tallest skyscraper.

The intrepid visitor spent two weeks roaming free and surviving on scraps of food left by builders at the 288 metre Shard building at London Bridge.The animal, named Romeo by staff, is thought to have entered via the central stairwell before conquering the climb to reach the building's roof.But when the fox became trapped on the 72nd floor of what will become Europe's biggest building once completed, his stay ended.Romeo was caught by Southwark Council pest control officers and taken to Riverside Animal Centre in Wallington where the hungry explorer was given a thorough medical and a few good meals.

"We explained to him that if foxes were meant to be 72 storeys off the ground, they would have evolved wings," said Ted Burden, the centre's founder.

Nice Fine-Smoker will have to pay his neighbours £1,200 every time they smell his smoke

A SMOKER must pay £1,200 every time he puffs on a cigar in his flat if his neighbours can smell it.

Russell and Amanda Poses said the “foul odours” waft through the window from an apartment below.

Harry Lysons, in his 70s, agreed to Manhattan Supreme Court’s ruling.His lawyer said: “He’ll have them on the street.”

New-Beer taken off foodstuffs list, now listed as alcohol in Russia

BEER is to be legally classified as an alcoholic drink in Russia for the first time as the Kremlin forges ahead with the toughest anti-alcohol measures since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Beer is currently classified as a foodstuff, which has allowed producers to avoid the sweeping new curbs on alcohol advertising and night-time sales.A Kremlin-backed bill, which passed its first reading in the Russian parliament this week, will abolish beer's special status."Normalizing the beer production market and classifying it as alcohol is totally the right thing to do and will boost the health of our population," said Yevgeny Bryun, of the ministry of health

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Victoria Hiley is a mother who is so passionate about breast feeding that she has had her milk turned into ice-cream at Icecreamists, a parlour in Covent Garden..The 35-year-old has already donated a litre of her breast milk to the new ice-cream parlour. She spotted an advert on the Mumsnet internet forum offering money to potential suppliers.

Now Mrs Hiley, who works with women who have problems breast feeding, has provided the raw material for a new concoction called Baby Gaga. ‘What’s the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash?’ said the mother of one from Leeds. ‘There’s nothing more natural than fresh mother’s milk.’ The London parlour pays £15 per third of a litre and already 15 mothers have taken up the offer. Health checks for the lactating women are the same as those used by the NHS to screen blood donors.

Matt O’Connor, 44, who runs Icecreamists, blends the breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then freshly churned. He said he was confident his £14 Baby Gaga would go down a treat with customers.

‘No one’s done anything interesting with ice-cream in the last hundred years,’ he said.

Happy Dogs-Luxury Hotel Opens... for dogs

VINCENNES - Heated pools, massage salons and a-la-carte menus are de rigueur at luxury hotels across the world but in one exclusive Paris establishment the difference is the guests: they have four legs, and enthusiastically wagging tails. Actuel Dogs bills itself as France’s first luxury hotel for dogs, and founders Devi and Stan Burun, a dog behaviour specialist and lifelong dog-lover, also offer training programmes for unruly hounds and dog walks in the woods. As well as a dip in the pool, or a massage, guests including Ulysse, a bumptious yellow Labrador sporting a smart red collar, enjoy “doggy jogging,” or simply relax on cushioned couches in their luxury suites. Their tiled-floor rooms smell fresh and clean and are adorned with framed prints of dogs and equipped with televisions so dogs can watch their choice of dvds. Owners pay between 26 euros and 35 euros ($36-$48) to leave their lucky hounds for a full day and while the luxury touches appeal to owners, the key difference with traditional kennels is that dogs are not locked up in cages.

Wow-Bad Santa Slashes neighbour's tires

At least he was in the festive spirit.Upset that his brother and his neighbour got in a fight right before the Christmas holidays, Lee O'Reilly got dressed up in a Santa Claus costume -- beard and all -- and took a kitchen knife to his neighbour's car tires, the U.K. Daily Mail reports.The 31-year-old O'Reilly would likely have got away with the Dec. 15 crime, too, if neighbours and a security camera hadn't caught him in the act and police arrived shortly thereafter."Officers found the defendant who was dressed in a red Santa Claus outfit," prosecuting lawyers told a courtroom this week."He said, yes, he was the man in the Santa outfit and he had slashed the tires on two vehicles belonging to a neighbour who he had a dispute with because the neighbour had argued with his brother."

See-Chicken TV Coming Near You

Move over constantly burning fireplace — it's time for chicken. Swiss Chalet announced to its Facebook fans Wednesday the coming of a new TV channel offering round-the-clock video of rotisserie chicken. Dubbed the Rotisserie Channel, the double row of open-flame roasting chickens will start turning Monday on Rogers cable, channel 208. The Facebook post includes a YouTube video, complete with a mock R-rating preview for "Rotisserie: requires ability to resist temptation."

Dumb-Thief Ignores Valuables, Steals Toilet

A NEW York burglar not only went to the toilet - he took it with him.

The man broke into a Brooklyn apartment and, ignoring the more typical loot, seized the porcelain throne and staggered off down the block, the Brooklyn Paper reported today.Flush with the success of his crime, the burglar returned to the scene and told his victim, a lawyer: "I'm going to slit your throat," the report said.A 53-year-old suspect was arrested the next day.

A rare spider with a human face – known as a lichen crab spider – has been spotted at a nature reserve in Wareham, Dorset.

Since 1890 only 41 one of them have ever been seen in Britain – and it’s not surprising, because they’re only the size of a 20p piece and blend into lichen on tree trunks, hence their name.Wareham RSPB nature reserve worker Mark Singleton said: ‘This is the first one that has been found in Dorset in 35 years.'It is something of a rarity. If this were a bird, the queues would be stretching round the car park. But it's not, it’s a spider with a slightly amusing abdomen.‘We found it in the electricity box a few feet from our work centre and got quite excited when we realised what it was.'

Good-Thieves lose money trying to rob Kansas City gun store

One of the would-be robbers entered the store around 2:00pm Thursday local time and asked to buy a box of ammunition.

When the 65-year-old clerk, who wore a shoulder holster and a handgun in plain view, told the man it would be about $50, the man said he needed to get more money and left.The man returned around 5pm with another man and tried to pay with two $20 bills. When the clerk said he was $10 short, the customer pulled a handgun from his waistband and demanded that the clerk hand over the money in the cash register.The clerk was able to tell that the man's gun was not loaded and pulled his own gun from his shoulder holster.

Nice Act- Cyclone Yasi destroyed marijuana crops

CYCLONE Yasi has helped Far Northern police in the fight against drug use and growing, wiping out much of the region's marijuana crops. The destructive wind which destroyed forest areas has exposed drug crops, the Cairns Post reports.

"We would expect that a lot of the cannabis would have been destroyed,” Far Northern Drug Squad Det Sen-Sgt Kevin Goan said."The surrounding foliage would no longer be providing cover and concealment to assist the cultivation of the plants."

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Thirteen men and 13 women dressed only in panties and helmets to protect their heads, took to the 90 metre long iced snowy piste to battle it out in the famous sledging race, a team event, which attracted over 17,000 visitors. The winners were a trio of hotel workers form the local area and they

took home the title of 'Naked Sledging World Champion' as well as a shared prize of £1,000.It is the third year the contest has taken place. Over 400 people applied for a place in the annual race but only 30 were selected to participate. Race organiser Tobias Wannemaker said: 'This year attracted more people than ever. The naked sledgers definitely got things hotting up, even in such cold conditions.' The 2012 naked sledging competition is already planned.

Nice-Jobseeker cites God as a reference on his CV

The careers website questioned 700 companies, who revealed an absolute treasure trove of blunders by potential candidates.Well; they were potential up until the point where bosses read their CVs.One candidate boldly claimed that his experience included being Master Of Time And Universe while another listed the Vikings as his direct descendants.

There can be few jobs, surely, where it would be necessary to include such a flamboyant piece of fiction. At present, there are no firms needing to fill any Pillager-in-Chief roles. At least not that we know of.Others took a less imaginative route to completely ruining their chances of employment. One person simply listed their name and address and wrote underneath it: ‘I want a job.’obviously that’s not really the way to sell yourself. And neither is using an email address called ‘lovesbeer’. Or specifically pointing out, as one job hunter did, that he 'was not a gypsy'. What employers do want, according to the survey, are applications that highlight a track record in problem solving, efficient communication skills and computer-software know-how.

Very Busy-Man has 39 wives, 94 kids

GUWAHATI, India - The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India’s remote northeast who has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren — and wouldn’t mind having more. They all live in a four storied building with 100 rooms in a mountainous village in Mizoram state, sharing borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, media reports said. “I once married 10 women in one year,” he was quoted as saying. His wives share a dormitory near Ziona’s private bedroom and locals said he likes to have seven or eight of them by his side at all times. The sons and their wives, and all their children, live in different rooms in the same building, but share a common kitchen. The wives take turns cooking, while his daughters clean the house and do washing. The men do outdoor jobs like farming and taking care of livestock. The family, all 167 of them, consumes around 91 kg (200 pounds) of rice and more than 59 kg (130 pounds) of potatoes a day. They are supported by their own resources and occasional donations from followers. “Even today, I am ready to expand my family and willing to go to any extent to marry,” Ziona said.

Very New-Spider Venom better than Viagra

Most of us get a little excited when we see a big spider, but for the unfortunate few who fall victim to the bite of the daunting Brazilian wandering spider, that “excitement” takes on a whole new meaning: The venom of the wandering spider -- also known as the banana spider (or more formally Phoneutria nigriventer) causes erections in men.

“The venom of the P. nigriventer spider is a very rich mixture of several molecules,” says Dr. Kenia Nunes, a physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia who is currently studying the odd side effect. “These molecules are called toxins, and then we have various toxins in this venom with different activity. Because of this, when a human is bitten by this spider, we can observe many different symptoms including priapism, a condition in which the penis is continually erect.”

New Taste-Britons love 'Cat Soup Curry'

LONDON - Once it was easy. Even after a few pints too many on a Friday night, Britons could pronounce their favourite take-away dish — fish and chips.But tastes have changed, and now exotic takeaways have become the nation’s favourite foods-to-go, bringing with them a host of linguistic pitfalls.Top of a survey of mispronounced dishes carried out this month among 8,783 customers by takeaway ordering service JustEat.co.uk was Japanese Katsu Curry, which most frequently becomes “Cat Soup Curry” when ordered over the phone.Other howlers are “One Tonne Soup,” Kung Fu Chicken” and “Wogan Josh,” thanks to popular UK TV presenter Terry Wogan.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Roxxxy, the life-sized, anatomically correct android, comes with artificial intelligence, an articulated skeleton and flesh-like synthetic skin. ‘She can’t vacuum, she can’t cook but she can do almost anything else, if you know what I mean,’ said creator Douglas Hines, of manufacturers TrueCompanion. Despite her articulated limbs, another thing she can't do is walk or move her limbs by herself. The robot stands 1.7m (5ft 7in) tall, weighs 54kg (8st 7lb), ‘has a full C cup and is ready for action’, he told an adult entertainment event in Las Vegas. Roxxxy also comes with five personalities – Wild Wendy is outgoing and adventurous, while Frigid Farrah is reserved and shy. Owners can also customise her features including skin colour, hair colour and breast size, as well as modifying her personality and topics of conversation to match their interests.Roxxxy is linked wirelessly to the internet, enabling her to email her owner and receive software updates, andallowing the owner to share customised rsonalities with other users. Versions of Roxxxy are priced up to £5,600, depending on features. There’s also good news for lonely women – a male sex robot named Rocky is in development.

Very Nice -Skating Parrot

The talented parrot was later seen lounging in a deck chair - and driving a toy car across the stage as well.

It was accompanied by other parrots trained by Mr Zattu, with one even holding up a newspaper and pretending to read it while relaxing on a deckchair. Some of the world's best circus artists gathered to perform at the festival, now in its second year, including Russian acrobat Anastasia Makeeva, Ukraine's Roman Konanchuk, Brazilian acrobats from the Costa group and Italian acrobats from the skating troupe Nistorov.Other wild performances came from Maik Probst and her husband Jorg, both from Germany, who put on a show with their trained baboons, and Czech Helena Faltyny who juggled with tennis rackets.

Commonly known as Cirkus Cirkus, the festival is also a competition so, while spectators have a lot of fun, the thirteen contestants must compete for the attention of a VIP jury made up of celebrities and circus agents from around the world.

Late-Girls ride tube with no trousers

The crazy celebration, which makes it OK to be caught with your trousers down on the tube, has caught on around the world.

The annual No Trousers Day took place in January in a number of world cities, including London and New York.And, not wanting to miss out, Taiwan got in on the action a month later. No one's quite sure what the hold-up was. Up to 20 Taiwanese girls bared (almost) all on the way to work as they travelled on the underground wearing just their knickers.

Bad-Man allegedly killed for his iPhone

Two U.K. men have been charged with the murder and robbery of a father who was allegedly killed for his iPhone 4, reports say.Detectives believe Keith Soons, 36, was stabbed as he tried to get his iPhone back from thieves in Cheltenham early Feb. 5, the Daily Telegraph reports. An autopsy determined Soons died from a stab wound to the side of the head with a screwdriver-type weapon. He had an eight-month-old daughter.Michael Sexton, 27, and Richard, 26, of Cheltenham, appeared in court Friday to confirm their personal information, and is due back in court Feb. 22.

Wow-Town changes name from 'Speed' to 'Speedkills'

SYDNEY -- Names can matter, thinks one Australian town named Speed -- which renamed itself "Speedkills" in an effort to promote road safety.Speed, an outback town in rural Victoria with a population of just 45, will change its name for the month of March to reduce rural road accidents and increase awareness of the dangers associated with speeding."Most people recognize that drink driving is a socially unacceptable activity; they are less convinced about the merits of speed," Phil Reed, head of community relations at the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), told Reuters."Our underpinning business objective here is to make the issue of speeding (as) socially unacceptable as drink driving."

Friday, February 18, 2011

A YOUNG female Irish nurse has been jailed for 2½ years for raping a woman in the toilets of an inner-Brisbane city hotel more than two-years ago.

Brisbane District Court judge David Reid said a "cavalier attitude'' and regular excessive consumption of alcohol had been the reason why Anne-Marie O'Loughlin had acted entirely out of character when she raped her 32-year-old mother-of-two victim.

O'Loughlin, 25, who was in Australia on a working holiday, was found guilty by a Brisbane late last year on two counts of digital rape and one of deprivation of liberty at the Caxton Hotel, near the CBD, on November 29 last year.O'Loughlin, who pleaded not guilty to four charges, was found not guilty of a charge of sexual assault.

Judge Reid was told O'Loughlin, who wept during the sentencing hearing, was likely to be deported to Ireland upon her release from jail.Judge Reid, who described O'Loughlin's attack as one of "persistent sexual aggression'', recommended the nurse be eligible for parole on the day of her 27th birthday - March 3 next year.At her trial, the jury was told O'Loughlin first kissed her alleged victim, who kissed back in a bid to get past her and out of the toilet cubicle.O'Loughlin then put her hand down the woman's jeans, which were open as a result of going to the toilet, and raped her by inserting a finger into her genitals and anus.The victim tried to say something to a person in a neighbouring cubicle who was then heard to say "I'm getting security'' and that O'Loughlin then left.

The victim was able to indentify Ms O'Loughlin because she left her purse, containing identification, in the toilet after the attack.The victim then left the toilet and informed her partner she had been attacked.In a police interview played during her five-day trial, O'Loughlin said she had no memory of kissing the woman but admitted it was possible.

She claimed it was not in her nature to force someone to have sex with her.

The victim's husband testified he was extremely upset after his wife emerged from the toilets and told him what had happened.

Smart-Police Dog Bites Thief's bottom

Laughter broke the silence in court after a judge congratulated a police dog for biting a thief on the bottom.Judge Julian Lambert was told officers nabbed John Davies after eight-year-old German Shepherd Zak sank his teeth into his buttocks.

He declared: “Good – I hope it hurt. Well done, Zak.”One onlooker said yesterday: “Everyone was in stitches – you could barely hear what the barrister was saying. It was the way he said it with a roar of approval.”Davies, 35, was jailed for nine months at Gloucester crown court, after admitting trying to steal a £3,000 bronze statue from a Cheltenham park last August.A watching couple hid in bushes and called police as Davies, from Evesham, Worcs, vaulted a fence to escape.

Strange-Have a Taste of space Bear

A small Australian brewery has just whipped up the world's first batch of beer for the next frontier, and it all happened because a space engineer loves his local watering hole.

Jason Held, director of Saber Astronautics Australia, has long been a regular at a pub owned by 4 Pines Brewery in Manly, Australia. “He was a regular customer. We all knew him, but we had no idea what he actually did,” said Jaron Mitchell, co-owner of the 4 Pines Brewing Company.

Cat in a jar: Why Ksyusha the kitten loves tight squeezes

Ksyusha- a young Himalayan Cat - has been pictured in a variety of poses, including sat in the washing machine and under the kitchen table. The playful female kitten started squeezing itself into jars from when it was a few weeks old. Owner Yuriy Korotun, 37, who lives in Moscow, said: 'She was a special kitten from the beginning- always very playful. 'I came into the kitchen one day to find her in the jar. I couldn't believe

my eyes. 'She likes hiding in different places and was full of character.

'It looks like she would have trouble getting out of the jar but actually

her body is not as big as it looks because of her large amount of fur.'

Nice - Drunk drivers steal Zamboni

CALGARY — their car stuck in the slush, two apparently drunk men allegedly committed the most Canadian of crimes — they tried to steal a Zamboni. Unfortunately, for the seemingly sloshed suspects, before the pair could free their car Thursday afternoon, they were arrested by police. Ross Harris, operations manager at the East Calgary Twin Arenas, said he was working in an office at the facility alone when he noticed the Zamboni, which was parked inside, on the move.

Wow-Sick of the royal wedding? There's a bag for that

Already sick of the royal wedding coverage? A British graphic designer has got you covered. Lydia Leith has created the "Throne Up" bag — a silkscreened barf bag.

"Did you get caught out back in '84 when Charles and Diana got wed? Don't let it happen again," Leith said in a blog post about the bags. The bags come in red and blue and include a drawing of Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton along with the words, "Royal Wedding Sick Bag" and "Keep this handy on April 29

See-Naked thief booked for burglary (video)

Teenage boy forfeited match with girl

A PROMISING teen wrestler has refused to compete against a girl because, he says, it would conflict with his religious beliefs.

Joel Northrup, from Marion, Iowa, gave up any chance he had of winning the Iowa state tournament when he forfeited his first round match against Cassy Herkelman.

"I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times," Joel said."As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa."

Cassy, who was one of two girls ever to qualify for the first-round state match, won the match by default. However, when her arm was raised in victory by the referee, cheers and boos could be heard in the audience

Thursday, February 17, 2011

After dropping in on Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion, super-leggy Eve – real name Erika Ervin - told Fox News: ‘Sure I would do Playboy. I would need to reduce my muscle mass and soften up a bit, but Hefner is the only one I would pose nude for, because he does it so tastefully.’ Perhaps the world famous pornography magazine should produce a life-size poster? Though you’d need a step ladder to put it up…Guinness World Records will decide next month whether Eve is officially the tallest model when its tape-measure wielders pay her a visit.They’ll discover that she has size 14 feet, 38D breasts and 40in hips. No wonder she’s known as ‘babezilla’ in Japan.She said: ‘They are going to measure me at morning, noon and night, so we'll see. However, the previous record holder is 6ft 4in, so it looks

Surfing bird rides moving car for thrills (video)

When YouTube user 1977tiptop came out of his local burger joint in Rockledge, Florida, and headed towards his car he was surprised to see the large white bird preening itself on the bonnet.He was even more surprised when the bird stayed put when he started the engine and drove off. Surfing Bird stayed with 1977tiptop for several minutes, just watching the world go by. 'I thought it was pretty amazing, or at least something that you do not see every day', he said.

Wow-Soldier served in Afghanistan front lines while heavily pregnant

A British soldier reportedly served on the front lines in Afghanistan while she was seven months pregnant.Pte. Kayla Donnelly, 21, thought the changes to her body and weight gain were due to the stress of war, British newspaper The Sun reported Wednesday.

She was serving with the army in Helmand province — a Taliban stronghold where much of the fighting between NATO forces and insurgents has been taking place — from March to September, according to the newspaper.Donnelly gave birth to her son, Josh, two weeks after returning home, while on holiday, the newspaper reported. She collapsed with cramps by a pool and realized she was having a baby only when her contractions began.The realization that she was serving on the front lines while heavily pregnant reportedly gave the British army's top brass the "heebie-jeebies."

Clown congressman still behave like clown

RIO DE JANEIRO - A clown who won a seat in Brazil’s Congress by a landslide has stayed true to his former profession by accidentally messing up his first vote.Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, better known by his clown name Tiririca, had pledged to back the government’s austerity proposal for a new national minimum wage in a crucial vote Wednesday night.When the time came, however, Tiririca pressed the wrong button on the computerized system and accidentally voted for an opposition proposal for a much bigger increase in the wage than the government wants, according to Brazilian media who spoke to his office.The leader of the opposition PSDB party in Congress’ lower house, Duarte Nogueira, said he was grateful for the unexpected support, although the government still won the vote.“I went and thanked him — after all, it’s the support of the deputy who won the most votes in Brazil,” he was quoted as saying by the Agencia Estado news agency.

Promo stunt ends in arrests

Cops in Round Rock, Texas, responded to a 911 call Monday about a masked gunman at a Dell building, but instead found an internal promotional stunt gone terribly wrong.At 10:45 a.m., cops started receiving calls from frightened employees at the Dell building about a masked man, clad in black, waiving guns around and ushering people into the lobby.Police deemed it an “extreme risk” and sent in a SWAT team, co-ordinating their response with neighbouring police departments.When they showed up, the heavily armed officers encountered a man who identified himself as “management” and allegedly refused to comply with the cops' directions or give up the location of the masked man.

About 10 minutes later, officers found the culprit — wearing black clothes and a skull mask, and wielding “small metallic items,” which were not, in fact, guns. The masked man was supposed to get everyone to the lobby to announce the launch of a new Dell product. Police have charged Bryan A. Chester, 48, of Austin, Texas, with deadly conduct, a misdemeanour.

Belgians mark 'no-government world record with strip naked, free beer and chips

Belgians are staging a series of tongue-in-cheek events to mark what many there see as a new record - the world's longest wait for a government.

Belgium has been without a government for 249 days - longer than Iraq - as parties from the Dutch-speaking north and French-speaking south remain split.To mark the event, 249 people plan to strip naked in Ghent, and there will be free beer and chips in other cities.

Organisers hope the events will boost efforts to break the political impasse."We've had enough of political games," Kliment Kostadinov, one of the organisers, told the AFP.

"We must get a government fast and a reform of our institutions that is good for all Belgians."Johan Vande Lanotte, who resigned recently from the post of king's mediator with the task of ending the crisis, urged Belgium's political leaders not to give up on finding a solution.

Crocodile found in wandering in grass near the 50-metre pool

The reptile was nabbed on Tuesday night after a passer-by spotted it wandering in grass near the 50-metre pool at Splashez, the local swimming centre. ``I think it's safe to say it had a bit of help getting over the fence,'' proprietor Brian Rodriguez told AAP on Thursday. ``We turned all the floodlights on and we went searching with the police and it was found in the grass.'' Mt Isa police Inspector Paul Biggin said the croc was restrained and animal protection officers released it back into the wild. Like fish that get away, crocs have a habit of growing every time a yarn's retold. ``It seems to have grown in length with each report,'' Inspector Biggin said.

``The police who initially went there told me when they rounded it up it was about half a metre long,'' he said. ``I'm now hearing it's about 1.2, 1.5 metres long.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Wednesday criticized a group of customs officers for a YouTube video celebrating the lavish lifestyle they say comes with their government jobs. The mock rap video made in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok shows customs officials in sunglasses driving a Rolls Royce and drinking champagne surrounded by scantily clad women. You can't even imagine how the customs officials have fun," officers sing in chorus as a topless woman clutches customs forms to her breasts. No disciplinary action has been taken to date against the officers who posted the video, but Putin, Russia's paramount leader, condemned the bling-filled video's tongue-in-cheek look at corruption. "Discipline is needed in several of the divisions, we have to raise it a little," Putin said at a meeting with the head of the Federal Customs Service."I like to joke and laugh a little myself, but this kind of creativity should be saved for a talent show," said Putin, who has hinted he may run for president in 2012.The average monthly salary for customs officials — $1,000 — is also the size of the average bribe in Russia, according to a recent report in financial daily Vedomosti.

Surprise-Web Porn Business Found At Found At Posh Arizona Home

PHOENIX -- Neil Berens suspected something was just a little "off" with the big new house that was built at the end of his south Scottsdale cul de sac."We noticed all of the traffic going in and out and we were like, 'What's going on here?'" Berens said."It is an adult business. It's an adult pornographic business," said neighbor Paulette Wiley, after seeing a CBS 5 Investigation into a similar business. That story aired in November of 2009.Kip Merritt, a neighbor, also thought something strange was happening.

"These scantily-clad gals would run into the house," said Merritt.Berens, Wiley and Merritt were among a group of eight neighbors who gathered at a home in the neighborhood to share their stories and suspicions with CBS 5 Investigates.The owners of the business that appeared in the 2009 story are the same two men running the Scottsdale homes, CBS 5 News confirmed.

"There's a couch and a TV in the living room. There are three bedrooms upstairs," said an employee of the business, who agreed to speak to CBS 5 News if her identity were withheld.She said she works as an Internet stripper, removing her clothes and performing sexual acts for paying customers over the web."I'm basically looking at a screen, watching myself strip," she said.

Neighbors said they worry about the traffic in and out of the house, as well as any effects on their young children, who often play in the street in front of the house.

Girl with 12 fingers, 14 toes reaches for a record

YANGON, Myanmar — A mother in Myanmar says her baby girl's 12 fingers and 14 toes have been no disadvantage — her grip may even be stronger than normal — and now she's grasping for a Guinness record. Phyo Min Min Soe, 26, knew her girl Le Yati Min had a little something extra since nearly the moment she was born."I asked the nurses whether my kid was born complete with hands and legs," says her mother. "They replied that the baby even has more than she needs.”Born with 12 fingers and 14 toes, Le may be the most "digitally enhanced" person in the world. Now, the 16-month-old girl's family in impoverished Myanmar is seeking a Guinness World Record to prove it.

The Sunshine Coast resident used the cover of the Sunshine Coast's weekender magazine to pop the question to his long-time girlfriend, who is weeks away from giving birth to their first child.He also penned a beautiful two-page letter inside the magazine, explaining: "She's my best friend. My confidant. The mother of my child. Hopefully before too long she will be my wife."The 27-year-old, who designed a ring in conjunction with the team at Underwood's Fine Jewellers, admitted he was a little nervous before popping the question.The good news is, Meg said yes

WOW-Man had knife buried in face for four years - X-ray picture

Crooks robbed and stabbed 37-year-old Mr Li when he was working as a taxi driver. The knife they used had snapped at the handle and the blade was left embedded – and hidden – between his skull and ear.Mr Li had no idea that it was there but had complained about splitting headaches for years before visiting specialist medics at the Yuxi People’s Hospital in Yunnan province, south west China.A spokesman for the hospital said: ‘He came to us with a long history of severe head pain and unexplained bleeding from his ears and mouth. As soon as we scanned him it was obvious what was wrong.

LOL-Sili name must be changed, say villagers

The villagers have had enough of the sniggers over the Welsh name for the village known more commonly as Sully, and have voted to have it changed.The ridicule apparently started when new bilingual signs were put up at the entrance to the village.

Resident Andrew Marsh told WalesOnline.co.uk: 'Whoever comes to the village sees that they are coming to a place called Sili. Many people think that is just a bit silly.'Now after a ballot a majority of villagers have voted in favour of changing the Welsh version of the name to Abersili, which doesn't sound a bit like über-silly, and is not at all funny.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

AN ADVERTISEMENT seeking a "male nude handyman" has been placed on a website created to find work for university students. The ad, which indicated a successful applicant would be paid $14.50 an hour, said a student was "required to help this naturist employer with some odd jobs in the home" in Auckland, New Zealand."You must be hard-working, self-motivated and most importantly the confidence to work naked," the advertisement read.Student Job Search spokeswoman Lorna McConnon told the New Zealand Herald the ad had been deleted after a review this afternoon. Ms McConnon said the ad breached the site's policy of only listing jobs is safe for students and offer "no surprises."Bridget Smith, senior associate of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Lawyers, told the newspaper that the job would be in breach of the country's Human Rights Act.

Congratulation for 46-hour Thai smooch

PATTAYA, Thailand — it was one long kiss — one record-breaking embrace for mankind.

A determined Thai couple locked lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes and nine seconds to celebrate Valentine's Day in this southern beach resort town, emerging victorious and exhausted after a landmark "kissathon" that organizers claim marked the longest recorded smooch in history. The previous record of just over 32 hours was set in 2009 by a couple in Germany, according to Guinness World Records, whose officials will have to verify the latest milestone for it to become official.

Nice Idea-Ohio man proposes to girlfriend with bus ad

CANTON — An Ohio woman has said yes to a marriage proposal that arrived by bus.

Laura Kalamets looked out a Canton restaurant window during a Valentine's Day lunch with her boyfriend and saw a public bus with an ad on its side that read: "Laura, Will You Marry Me?" It was signed "Mark" and included in smaller letters the words "and make me the happiest man in the world."Kalamets says she thought she'd have a heart attack.Mark Rose paid the transit agency $300 for the special ad and arranged for the bus to be parked in the right spot around noon on Monday.The Repository newspaper of Canton reports the ad will remain in place for a week.Now it has the additional message: "She said yes.

Nice-Free condom finder iPhone app launched in New York

A new 'NYC Condom Finder' mobile phone application was launched on Valentine's Day.

The free app locates the five nearest venues that distribute the condoms provided by the health department, using the phone's global positioning system (GPS) technology.The app not only provides the opening hours for each venue but also directions by foot, car or public transport, as well as tips on how to use condoms. Dr Thomas Farley, the health commissioner, said: 'The NYC Condom Finder is a useful tool to ensure that New Yorkers have access to free condoms wherever they are in the city.'

Surprise-Unknowingly buying drinks for men in drag

A FLORIDA man was arrested for starting a bar fight after discovering the women he thought he had purchased drinks for were actually men. Josue Hernandez, 27, socialised with the men, who were dressed in drag, for hours at the bar in Immokalee, 69km northeast of Naples, on Saturday before recognising they were not women, WTVJ-TV said.

After finally realising the gender of his companions, Mr Hernandez reportedly started fights with several patrons and smashed bottles of liquor at the bar.Authorities recovered a 15.2cm hunting blade tucked into Mr Hernandez's waistband. Deputies said the knife was the kind "normally used for the skinning and gutting of deer and other large animals and was in no way a common pocket knife based on its blade length and design," according to the Naples Daily News.